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From: jimmy.anderson@VERT/OTHETA (JIMMY ANDERSON)
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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 06:37:00 +0000
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by: JIMMY ANDERSON - Sun, 26 Jun 2022 06:37 UTC

-=> MOONDOG wrote to ARELOR <=-

MO> Regarding criminal activity with "ghost guns," they're not actual acts
MO> of viol ence. They are arrests of individuals who are prohibited from
MO> legally owning a firearm getting caught with one. Home made firearms
MO> are nothing new. The difference is people can buy CNC mini mills that
MO> fit on a table top that do all the precision work.

Much like 3d printers weren't a thing you could 'own at home' until just
a few years ago...

MO> Years ago I saw a builder's blog where the gunsmith bought a shovel at
MO> the local big box hardware store, and used a bending brake, a saw, a
MO> drill and a hammer cut and bend the shovel scoop into an AK receiver.
MO> Excess metal used t o create smaller pieces of the receiver that
MO> required welding in place. The buttstock was made from the handle.
MO> the rest of the gun was surplus parts that require no special paperwork
MO> to own. Most military arms made aroiund and after WWII were made of
MO> stamped pieces spot welded together. the complex parts were firing
MO> components, the bolt, and the rifled barrel.

Yep - a common 'concern' is that if they want to make 'any parts that can
be made into a gun' restricted then shovels, pipes, etc.

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From: bex@VERT/AMIGAC (bex)
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by: bex - Fri, 1 Jul 2022 03:40 UTC

-=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to MOONDOG <=-

-=> MOONDOG wrote to ARELOR <=-

MO> legally owning a firearm getting caught with one. Home made firearms
MO> are nothing new. The difference is people can buy CNC mini mills that
MO> fit on a table top that do all the precision work.

JA> Much like 3d printers weren't a thing you could 'own at home' until
JA> just a few years ago...

Well.... if you consider 14 years "just a few years ago". Darwin's RepRap
printer was released in 2008.

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